Ethiopian CivilizationB. Giday, 1991 - 188 pages |
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Page 27
... stele about five metres high , the top of which bears the symbols of disc and crescent . At eye - lével is engraved a four - line inscrip- tion in Geez . The stele dates back to the 3rd century A.D. Recently the Ethiopian Institute of ...
... stele about five metres high , the top of which bears the symbols of disc and crescent . At eye - lével is engraved a four - line inscrip- tion in Geez . The stele dates back to the 3rd century A.D. Recently the Ethiopian Institute of ...
Page 38
... stele is twenty - four metres high ( 70 ft , ) excluding its base which goes down three metres below the surface . It is 2.6 by 1.8 metres wide at the bottom and is carved on three faces to represent a tower house of nine storeys . It ...
... stele is twenty - four metres high ( 70 ft , ) excluding its base which goes down three metres below the surface . It is 2.6 by 1.8 metres wide at the bottom and is carved on three faces to represent a tower house of nine storeys . It ...
Page 40
... stele has never been returned in accordance with the treaty . It was supposed to be returned within 18 months of the signing of the treaty but this Fascist wrong doing is still maintained in Rome , a memory of the aggression of the ...
... stele has never been returned in accordance with the treaty . It was supposed to be returned within 18 months of the signing of the treaty but this Fascist wrong doing is still maintained in Rome , a memory of the aggression of the ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 4 |
The Empire of Aksum | 17 |
Aksum a Mysterious City | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Abba Abreha and Atsbeha Abune Aregawi Addis Ababa Adua Adulis Ahmed Gragn Aksum Aksumite coins Aksumite Emperors Aksumite Empire ancient army Ato Habtu Biete bishop built carved century A.D. Christianity city of Aksum Debre Damo Dejazmatch dynasty Emperor Ezana Emperor Fasil Emperor Kaleb Emperor Yohannes Empire of Aksum Endybis Enfraz Eritrea Ethiopian Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church excavated Ezana Felasha Gebre Meskel Geez Gelawdewos gold Gonder Hauzien hewn churches Holy hymns inscription Italian Jerusalem Kaleb Kibre Negest King Solomon Lalibela land Lasta manuscripts Mariam Menelik Metera metres monastery Moslems obelisks palace port of Adulis Queen of Saba Ras Sihul Mikael Red Sea reign religious rock churches rock-hewn churches ruins rulers Sabean Saint Yared Saizana Shewa Sion Southern Arabia stelae stele stone Tekle Haimanot temples Tewodros thousand throne Tigrai tomb town trade Yeha Yemen Yodit Yohannes IV Zagwe Zagwe Dynasty Zara Yacob